Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Democrats and pro-democracy organizations held a rally Oct. 16 to call for the creation of an independent redistricting commission ...

Democracy is deteriorating in much of the world and changes in the United States under President Donald Trump threaten to accelerate the decline, according to a pro-democracy institute that has the ...

Looking at the election results, one thing is crystal clear. Tennessee and Hamilton County are profoundly conservative, but another thing is also true. There are millions in the Volunteer State and ...

Texas Republicans have just unveiled new Trump-ordered congressional maps that eliminate five Democratic-held seats—deliberately shifting them to the GOP in a bid to lock down control of the U.S.

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In November 2024, many voters across Alabama saw a ballot that represented them – some for the first time. After decades of blatant underrepresentation, Black citizens in South Alabama were finally ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 13—Proponents of a state constitutional amendment to establish a non-political map-drawing process on Friday announced the ...

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President Donald Trump’s drive to secure Republican advantage in the House through mid-decade redistricting, and Democrats’ move to retaliate, could supercharge the partisan shift in Congress. Samuel ...